- Zion (disambiguation)
Zion is a hill inJerusalem just outside the walls of the Old City. Most often Zion is used as asynecdoche for Jerusalem and theLand of Israel .Zion is another word for an idealized, harmonious community;
utopia .Zion may also refer to:
In politics and religion
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Zionism , the chief ideology supporting a Jewish homeland in Israel
*World Zionist Organization , a group dedicated to the Zionist cause founded at theFirst Zionist Congress in 1897
*Zionist Churches , a group of Christian denominations in Southern Africa that stem from the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion (see below) with an emphasis on spiritual healing.
*Zion Christian Church , a large denomination among African Zionists
*Zion (Mormonism) , a place of holiness (sometimes associated with an actual city, a New Jerusalem); also used to refer to Mormon-controlled land in general
*Zionites (Germany) , a religious sect from the 18th century based in western Germany
*Christian Catholic Apostolic Church , also known as the Zionites, a fringe church founded in 1896 by John Alexander Dowie in Zion, Illinois that believed in a flat Earth
*Christian Zionists , Christians who believe that the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 was a significant fulfilment of Biblical prophecy
*Zion Bible College , a pentecostal bible college in Barrington, RIIn geography
;United States
*Zion National Park , a park in southwestern Utah, notable for Zion Canyon sweeping through the reddish desert
*Zion, Illinois , a city just north of Chicago founded by John Alexander Dowie
*Zion, Missouri , a village
*Zion, Oklahoma , a village
*Zion, Pennsylvania , a town
*Zion Township, Minnesota ;New Zealand
*Zion Wildlife Gardens , a sanctuary for endangered tiger and lion speciesOther
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Zion (The Matrix) , a human-controlled underground city in the "Matrix" series
* Zion, a space station in the 1984 cyberpunk novel "Neuromancer "
*Zion I , a hip-hop group
* Zion ofZion & Lennox , a reggaeton duo from Carolina, Puerto Rico
*Zion Nuclear Power Station , a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Zion, Illinois
* "Zion" (David Bowie song), a demo by David Bowie
* "Iron Lion Zion ", a song by the reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailersee also
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Sion (disambiguation)
*Sioni
*Zeon , originally romanized as "Zion" 1998 in the TV anime "Mobile Suit Gundam"
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